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In criminal law. To swear to a falsehood. This word has not the same meaning as “perjury.” It does not, ex vi termini, signify a false swearing before an officer or court having authority to administer an oath, on an issue. A man may be forsworn by making a false oath before an incompetent tribunal, as well as before a lawful court. Hence, to say that a man is forsworn will or will not be slander, as the circumstances show that the oath was or was not taken before a lawful authority. Heard, Libel & S. §§ 16, 34; Cro. Car. 878; Lutw. 292; 1 RoUe, Abr. 39, pi. 7; Bac. Abr. “Slander” (B 3) ; Cro. Eliz. 609; 1 Johns. (N. Y.) 506; 2 Johns. (N. Y.) 10; 18 Johns. (N. Y.) 48, 80; 12 Mass. 496; 1 Hayw. (N. 0.) 116.

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In criminal law. To swear to a falsehood. This word has not the same meaning as “perjury.” It does not, ex vi termini, signify a false swearing before an officer or court having authority to administer an oath, on an issue. A man may be forsworn by making a false oath before an incompetent tribunal, as well as before a lawful court. Hence, to say that a man is forsworn will or will not be slander, as the circumstances show that the oath was or was not taken before a lawful authority. Heard, Libel & S. §§ 16, 34; Cro. Car. 878; Lutw. 292; 1 RoUe, Abr. 39, pi. 7; Bac. Abr. “Slander” (B 3) ; Cro. Eliz. 609; 1 Johns. (N. Y.) 506; 2 Johns. (N. Y.) 10; 18 Johns. (N. Y.) 48, 80; 12 Mass. 496; 1 Hayw. (N. 0.) 116.

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forswear, Webster’s NewWorld Dictionary; January 1, 1988

Forget “Bee Season,” forswear, The Washington Post; May 28, 2006

Rouhani Says Iran Willing to Forswear Nuclear Arms, States News Service; September 18, 2013

GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO ASK NUCLEAR POWERS TO MEET OBLIGATIONS TO FORSWEAR NUCLEAR WEAPONS, REDUCE SIGNIFICANCE IN SECURITY CONCEPTS, BY FIRST COMMITTEE TEXT, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; October 28, 2010

GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO ASK NUCLEAR POWERS TO MEET OBLIGATIONS TO FORSWEAR NUCLEAR WEAPONS, REDUCE SIGNIFICANCE IN SECURITY CONCEPTS, BY FIRST COMMITTEE TEXT COMMITTEE APPROVES 13 DRAFTS, INCLUDING ON TEST-BAN TREATY, FISSILE MATERIAL, MISSILES, REDUCING NUCLEAR DANGER, RISK OF NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION IN MIDDLE EAST., States News Service; October 26, 2010

Volatility no reason to forswear stocks, Central Pa. advisers say, Central Penn Business Journal; September 23, 2011; Stuhldreher, Tim

Local Man: U.S. Should Forswear Cluster Bombs ; Quotes Of The Week Save The Date, Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA; June 9, 2008; Dave Pidgeon

Marching in step; U.S. needs to forswear unilateralism.(NEWS), Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); September 19, 2001

Marching in step; U.S. needs to forswear unilateralism.(NEWS)(Editorial), Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); September 19, 2001

Sober Up, Old Chap; British Forswear Drunk Driving, Turn Keys over to scooterMan, The Washington Times (Washington, DC); May 8, 2003

A Tug of War between East and West; Ukraine Yearns to Forswear Russia for Europe, The Washington Times (Washington, DC); September 13, 2013; Bondarchuk, Sergii

Study Doubts 3 Will Cede Bomb Option, India Abroad; December 22, 1995; Aziz Haniffa

I Wanted to Become a US Citizen, but Official Form Made Me a Brit Angry. HOW DETERMINED MAUREEN MADE HISTORY, Sunday Mirror (London, England); August 15, 2004

To Protect Taiwan, The Washington Post; April 11, 1998; Kim Holmes Stephen Yates

Elizabethan talk therapy, CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal; September 27, 2005; Deshauer, Dorian

Sen. Corker: Inconsistency in Civilian Nuclear Deals Threatens Us Non-Proliferation Goals, US Fed News Service, Including US State News; October 29, 2013

Allies expect timely pullout from Iraq, The Boston Globe (Boston, MA); March 31, 1991; Associated Press

A great British nonsense; Bagehot.(oaths of allegiance)(Brief Article), The Economist (US); December 22, 2001

From jail, Palestinians offer plan for their state, International Herald Tribune; May 12, 2006; Steven Erlanger;

Corker: Inconsistency in Civilian Nuclear Deals Threatens U.S. Non-Proliferation Goals, States News Service; October 28, 2013